title: A smart phone/tablet based mobile health care system for developing countries.
abstract: Increasing cost of health care in developing countries is placing heavy financial burden on its populations. With the advent of mobile and tablet technologies however, it is possible to reduce this burden to some extent through tele-healthcare. In this paper, authors describe their effort to design portable diagnostic devices that can communicate to smart phones and tablets there by making tele-healthcare possible. A possible architecture of their model is presented and components thereof discussed.
authors.forename: Avinash S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Himabindu
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jumaxanova
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D040421:Cell Phone; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006339:Heart Rate; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D012424:Rural Population; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods